Penelope

Description

With an introduction by the author, this is Tom Stoppard in the voice ofOdysseus's wife recalling how the Trojan War 'took away my husband for tenyears, and ten more coming the long way home', and his dramatic arrival backon Ithaca. Weaving Homeric tropes with the wry wit of a woman of our time, Penelopetells this still vibrant love story from the oldest poem in Western literature.

Tom Stoppard's work includes Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, The Real Inspector Hound, Jumpers, Travesties, Night and Day, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, After Magritte, Dirty Linen, The Real Thing, Hapgood, Arcadia, Indian Ink, The Invention of Love, the trilogy The Coast of Utopia and Rock 'n' Roll. His radio plays include If You're Glad I'll Be Frank, Albert's Bridge, Where Are They Now?, Artists Descending a Staircase, The Dog It Was That Died, In the Native State and Darkside (incorporating Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon). Television work includes Professional Foul, Squaring the Circle and Parade's End. His film credits include Empire of the Sun, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, which he also directed, Shakespeare in Love, Enigma and Anna Karenina.